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Dawn Butler vs Aphra Brandreth

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.

Photograph of Dawn Butler
Dawn Butler
Lab Brent East
vs
Photograph of Aphra Brandreth
Aphra Brandreth
Con Chester South and Eddisbury

Voting alignment

Dawn Butler and Aphra Brandreth voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 279 shared comparable votes.

5 same votes 274 different votes 279 shared votes

Alignment only includes divisions where both MPs recorded an Aye or No vote. Tellers, absences, abstentions, and missing votes are excluded.

Topic alignment

Closest by topic
9 Aye 5 No
Benefits 14% aligned 14 shared votes
3 Aye 11 No
16 Aye 18 No
Crime / Justice 6% aligned 34 shared votes
16 Aye 18 No
41 Aye 29 No
Tax 0% aligned 70 shared votes
29 Aye 41 No
22 Aye 8 No
Education 0% aligned 30 shared votes
8 Aye 22 No
25 Aye 1 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 26 shared votes
1 Aye 25 No
Most different by topic
41 Aye 29 No
Tax 0% aligned 70 shared votes
29 Aye 41 No
22 Aye 8 No
Education 0% aligned 30 shared votes
8 Aye 22 No
25 Aye 1 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 26 shared votes
1 Aye 25 No
7 Aye 10 No
Transport 0% aligned 17 shared votes
10 Aye 7 No
7 Aye 4 No
Housing 0% aligned 11 shared votes
4 Aye 7 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

64.1 %
9 % below average
Rank 528 of 649
Participation
65.7 %
7 % below average
Rank 506 of 649
1,514
2,361 eligible divisions
Total votes
378
575 eligible divisions
841
55.5 % of votes cast
Aye votes
177
46.8 % of votes cast
673
44.5 % of votes cast
No votes
201
53.2 % of votes cast
23
1.5 % of votes cast
Against party
13
3.4 % of votes cast
11 years, 3 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

53
-24.9 vs Commons average
Rank 401 of 650
Appearances
80
+2.1 vs Commons average
Rank 240 of 650
64
-74.3 vs Commons average
Rank 442 of 650
Contributions
90
-48.3 vs Commons average
Rank 352 of 650

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£2,182,360
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£250,031
all imported IPSA years
£287,721
27 % above average
Latest expenses
£250,031
11 % above average
9
4 registered categories
Registered interests
12
5 registered categories
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
matched sponsored bills

Expenses use IPSA totals for financial year 2024-25. Sponsored bill counts depend on currently imported bill sponsor metadata.

Most active voting topics

Brexit / EU
172 of 211 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
Transport
72 of 95 votes
#2
Work / Employment
37 of 39 votes
Education
72 of 96 votes
#3
Democracy / Parliament
8 of 10 votes
Trade
68 of 91 votes
#4
Trade
5 of 7 votes
Work / Employment
56 of 77 votes
#5
Tax
79 of 111 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2026 9 Jun 2026
Devolution / Local Government
No
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 9 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 12 9 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: Amendment 20 9 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee: New Clause 8 8 Jun 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill: Third Reading 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 106 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
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